NAMMCO Scientific Publications (2020)
Beginning in 1986, 7 aerial surveys covering the coastal waters of Iceland have been conducted up to 2016. In addition, several partial surveys covering portions of the same area and…
Assessment of beach-cast cetaceans in Pakistan: Implications for conservation and management
Gore, M. A.; Culloch, R. M.; Gray, H. W. I.; Hoelzel, R.; Lockyer, C.; Kiani, M. S.; Waqas, U.; Hussain, B.; Rahim, A.; Shah, A.; Ormond, R. F. G.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2017)
Until recently, little was known about the distribution and species occurrence of marine cetaceans in Pakistani waters, an area which needed to be addressed exigently given its inclusion in the…
Genital interactions during simulated copulation among marine mammals
Orbach, Dara N.; Kelly, Diane A.; Solano, Mauricio; Brennan, Patricia L. R.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2017)
Genitalia are morphologically variable across many taxa and in physical contact during intromission, but little is known about how variation in form correlates with function during copulation. Marine mammals offer…
Abundance and distribution of marine mammals in nearshore waters off New Jersey, USA
Whitt, A. D.; Powell, J. A.; Richardson, A. G.; Bosyk, J. R.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2015)
Marine mammal abundance and distribution in New Jersey’s nearshore waters are not well known due to limited dedicated studies. The first year-round systematic surveys were conducted to determine the spatial/temporal…
Spatial and temporal baseline information on marine megafauna-data facilitated by a wildlife tour operator
de Boer, Marijke Nita; Jones, Duncan; Jones, Hannah; Knee, Rebecca
Open Journal of Marine Science (2018)
The protection of marine megafauna within Europe is rather fragmented. Developing conservation measures for highly mobile species presents definite challenges, particularly due to the many knowledge gaps. Recent studies have…
Marine mammal sightings around oil and gas installations in the central North Sea
Delefosse, Matthieu; Rahbek, Malene Louise; Roesen, Lars; Clausen, Karin Tubbert
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2017)
Relatively little is known about the distribution and diversity of marine mammals around offshore anthropogenic structures. We present results obtained from incidental sightings of marine mammals around oil and gas…
Using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans in Peru’s small-scale driftnet fishery
Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Witt, Matthew J.; Hodgson, David J.; Godley, Brendan J.
Oryx (2013)
There is growing awareness that small-scale fisheries may have large impacts on threatened marine fauna. Bycatch of small cetaceans by the Peruvian small-scale driftnet fleet results in the deaths of…
Cetacean stranding records along the Danish coastline: Records for the period 2008-2017 and a comparative review
Kinze, C. C.; Thøstesen, C. B.; Olsen, M. T.
Lutra (2018)
For the period 2008-2017, finds of stranded cetaceans along the Danish coastline are listed and reviewed in comparison to the preceding 40-year period (1968-2007). The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was…
Strandings of cetaceans in Belgium from 1995 to 2017
Haelters, J.; Kerckhof, F.; Jauniaux, T.
Lutra (2018)
It is a tradition that regular overviews are published of strandings of cetaceans. The last overviews for Belgium covered the period 1975 to 1989 and 1990 to 1994. This overview…
Prey of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Iceland
Samarra, Filipa I. P.; Bassoi, Manuela; Béesau, Julie; Elíasdóttir, Margrét Ó.; Gunnarsson, Karl; Mrusczok, Marie-Thérèse; Rasmussen, Marianne; Rempel, Jonathan N.; Thorvaldsson, Baldur; Víkingsson, Gísli A.
PLOS ONE (2018)
Killer whales have a cosmopolitan distribution and as a species are generalists, feeding on a variety of prey. However, local populations tend to specialise on specific prey types. In Icelandic…